.RUSSIA IS AN Olympic powerhouse. The nation has actually completed near the top of the medal table at every summer Olympics given that 1984, when it opted not to participate in demonstration at the games being actually composed Los Angeles. Even at the Tokyo video games in 2021, when the Russian staff was actually officially outlawed, sportsmens contending under the banner of the Russian Olympic Board managed to win 71 awards as well as complete fifth. But this results is going to not be repeated in Paris. Just a small number of Russians were invited many of all of them have actually rejected to contend. Why?